A major Daniel Libeskind project will get a considerable remodel after just 15 years. On February 14 in Toronto, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) announced plans to reconstruct large portions of its controversial Michael Lee-Chin Crystal wing, which Libeskind completed in 2008.’
The project, dubbed “OpenROM,” is led by Siamak Hariri of Toronto-based Hariri Pontarini Architects. It will gut 86,000 square feet of the main floor, including the lobby and the main entrance, and add 6,000 square feet of new gallery space. “We’re going to re-introduce ROM to Toronto with a design that, in effect, turns the museum inside out,” Hariri said in a statement.
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